chômage partiel
\ʃo.maʒ paʁ.sjɛl\
The verdict
“chômage partiel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réduction temporaire du temps de travail et de la rémunération qui s’applique à tout ou partie du personnel d’une même entreprise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chômage partiel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃo.maʒ paʁ.sjɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chômage partiel” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chômage partiel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃo.maʒ paʁ.sjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réduction temporaire du temps de travail et de la rémunération qui s’applique à tout ou partie du personnel d’une même entreprise.".
chômage partiel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chômage partiel, spelled C-H-Ô-M-A-G-E- -P-A-R-T-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Réduction temporaire du temps de travail et de la rémunération qui s’applique à tout ou partie du personnel d’une même entreprise.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chômage partiel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-Ô-M-A-G-E- -P-A-R-T-I-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃo.maʒ paʁ.sjɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.